Crossmen Executive Director/ Corps Director, Fred Morrison is pleased to report that Crossmen Program Coordinator, Jaime Alvarez-Calderon and Crossmen Visual Coordinator, Ed Devlin have chosen Mykail Costner as the Crossmen Color Guard Designer and Captionhead for 2011. Mykail Costner Mykail has been an instructor, designer, performer, and choreographer for 5-time WGI Independent World Class Champion […]
The Bluecoats are proud to announce their 2011 Instructional Staff Leaders. Caption Head Mike Jackson, Battery Coordinator/Choreographer Tim Jackson, and Front Ensemble Coordinator Brad Palmer will once again lead the Bluecoats percussion staff. Mike, in his third year with the Bluecoats, was inducted into the WGI Hall of Fame in 2010, and works with many […]
Just a few months after the DCI World Championships marked the end of a memorable and successful Summer Tour, the 2010 Cadets Percussion section will be returning to downtown Indianapolis to once again wear the Maroon & Gold, sharing the discipline, talent, work ethic, excellence, and commitment synonymous with The Cadets. Thirty front ensemble and […]
Finally, the Powhatan High School marching band has some good news. Since our stories ran about the group losing its equipment in a devastating fire, the community has stepped up. Now, Powhatan High School’s marching band has once again got the beat. That’s thanks to the Fort Mill-based Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps of […]
With its loud playing, fun spirit and unmatchable style, the UW Marching Band is a staple of the UW-Madison’s campus. You would be hard pressed to find anyone, even a freshman, who hasn’t heard the band play. Yet an entirely separate world of marching music exists outside of the university setting, one that very few […]
Drum Corps International?s voting membership (representatives of the 23 World Class corps) gathered this week at the Hyatt in downtown Indianapolis. The scheduled business meeting took place over three days starting Sunday, Sept. 26 and covered a variety of business topics including the creation of the 2011 summer tour schedule, adjudication and related administrative systems […]
Alumni, members, staff and friends of the Spirit family will be meeting in Atlanta on Sunday, October 17 to kickoff the 2011 season. This will be a great opportunity for alumni and friends to reconnect, share stories, meet current members and staff and discuss ways to support Spirit through volunteering and fundraising efforts. Attendees will […]
The Cadets are saddened with the passing of Michele R. Nance, a 1982 colorguard member. Michele passed away on Friday, Sept. 24 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 44 years old. Michelle was born in San Antonio, Texas, and lived the majority of her life in Berkeley Heights, N.J., before […]
Program Coordinator Dale Leaman brought together Brian Belski (brass arranger) and Gordon Henderson (consultant) on Saturday, September 25th. The three Design Team members met in Anaheim, California, and began discussion about concepts and music sources for PC’s 2011 production. Over the next couple of weeks, the musical selections and concept will be further developed, and […]
12/10/2010 – 12/12/2010 December Camp 01/28/2011 – 01/30/2011 January Camp 03/02/2011 – 03/09/2011 March Camp 04/29/2011 – 05/01/2011 April/May Camp All camps begin promptly on Friday at 8:00 PM and continue through (unless otherwise noted) Sunday at 4:00 PM Free transportation on our buses is available to and from Chicago’s O’Hare and Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airports
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